By María Carracedo (Fundación INTRAS) In November 2019, ACTitude project started with a kick off meeting in Valladolid. In two days of intensive work we build a solid team work and bring into life our project. At that time we did not know (in fact nobody knew) that in few […]
We’ve been working hard analyzing the data that we collected in Spain, Greece and Ireland. Let’s look at some preliminary results! What do the participants report? So far, a total of 35 participants took part in our course – 5 females and 30 males. They were from 16 to 66 […]
By Emilio Seco (IMPROVA, Spain) Traveling, seeing and living. These are the three steps that are traced when you discover yourself in the eyes of another. A journey is not only a holiday at the beach, it is also the exercise of looking another person in the eye. The profound […]
Mary Moynihan, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality I work as director of the Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, an award-winning international organization using the arts to promote equality and human rights for all. The company implements an annual arts […]
By Maria Carracedo Fundación INTRAS We have talked a lot in this blog about the emotional and psychological benefits of improv theatre to booster wellbeing and to deal with these times of uncertainty, but improv theatre has an additional cognitive effect that is not so known: it improv promotes divergent […]
By Patti Verbanas Date September 11, 2017 A Rutgers public health student puts his acting skills into play to help people with mental illness and substance use disorders overcome anxiety and communicate more effectively When it comes to improving the quality of life for people with mental health and substance […]
Actitude as Acronym Applied Theatre and Arts for people with mental disorders and for prevention of social rejection in form of verbal abuse and mockery to which they are being exposed in their day-to-day lives. Credibility in scheduling, applying and reflecting on the multifunctional ways through which Improv Theatre enhances […]
Saša Zorjan, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia If you are like most people, you go through your day without paying too much attention to what emotions you are experiencing because you are busy doing other things. Let us try to change this. Before you continue […]
By Berta Monclús, IMPROVA (Spain) Picture by Zapa7ir Each step we take brings us closer to learning the technique. That technique that sustains and elevates us, and allows us to delve deeper into each of the themes framed in the case scenarios identified in the ACTitude project (you can read […]
By María Carracedo (Fundación INTRAS- Spain) One year ago the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee declared the coronavirus outbreak as a global health emergency based on the increasing rates of reporting of cases in China and other countries. Since that moment, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed many people’s lives […]
“Improv got me out of my comfort zone and helped me get comfortable with thinking on my feet.” by Samuel Dunsiger writer, mentor and comedian A few years ago, I talked myself out of going to a friend’s house party. What if I’m awkward? What if people don’t talk to me? […]
By Bojan Musil, University of Maribor It is common to experience emotions such as sadness, anger, fear, anxiety, shame, and guilt when we are in an unfamiliar situation or when we are experiencing conflict or abuse (you can also read more about these emotions in our 2nd newsletter!). These emotions […]